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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Babar Azam
Babar Azam
51(46) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
9 1 6 2 14 1 6 12
TL Seifert
41(30) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 4 9 2 10 4 9 3

Best performances - Bowlers

Naveen-ul-Haq
O4
M1
R22
W2
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Arafat Minhas
O4
M0
R11
W1
Eco2.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Commentator: Rvel Zahid

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs | KK: 145/5 (3 runs required, RR: 7.25)

  • Irfan Khan39 (26b)
  • Anwar Ali14 (6b)
  • Aamer Jamal4-0-38-1
  • Luke Wood4-0-24-1

Join us tomorrow for the last group stage match between Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators. Feels a bit melancholy that we're already heading towards the end of yet another brilliant PSL season. For the moment, this is Rvel Zahid signing off on behalf of my colleagues at ESPNcricinfo.

Babar Azam, Player of the Match: We didn't expect that much turn from the pitch and it to be so soft. We tried to eye 150-160 and knew that target would have been difficult because it's not easy to play spinners. Usually pitches are good in Karachi but the turn was extra. You always have individual goals for every tournament and every tournament is an opportunity to improve and I wanted to improve (play different shots). Team is first for me and individual goals are secondary. Bowlers bowled according to what pitch demanded, especially I would like to applaud Saim (Ayub) even though he is not a genuine spinner but he made an impact and this is the beauty of PSL when youngsters perform well. We'll try not to repeat mistakes in playoffs. I planned to bowl today, got warmed up but didn't get a chance.

Both teams were engaged in a fierce tussle in search of a victory. PSL 9 served another exhilarating contest as Karachi Kings looked to finish the tournament on a high and Peshawar Zalmi were resolute on finishing in the top two. It's the lowest total ever defended in Karachi so credit to Zalmi for holding their nerve and stepping up in big moments. Brilliant work from both teams; you could see how much the game meant to all players. But in the end, Zalmi played a few of the percentages better and edged out the home side. Earlier, Karachi were superb with the ball and the likes of Arafat Minhas and Shoaib Malik were outstanding -- they created enormous pressure with the ball. It's good to see some exciting new talent in the shape of Arafat Minhas, Mehran Mumtaz and Irfan Khan Niazi. All these youngsters will give a good headache to the national selectors ahead of the T20 World Cup

19.6
1b
Aamer Jamal to Irfan Khan, 1 bye, Maintains his composure and saw him shimming down leg, the yorker followed him, he got an inside edge to Haris and can only get a single so in the end Karachi came agonizingly close to a win but Peshawar have won it by the barest of margins. Peshawar players are jubilant after ending the league stage with a win and they're in top two!

Ovais Bajwa: "I lost for words if people are saying Baber's name for captain if that is the case than Pakistan must find someone who can write the captaincy for him because he unable to read the game and could only do what he was told to do Anyone but baber let him just bat. Please"

Ali Hasni: "Biryani lost from Chapli Kabab"

19.5
1
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, 1 run, Thumped so hard into the surface and gets it bounce steeply off the deck, pulled away looking a bit ungainly into the leg side, scurries through a run. 4 off 1 Conference underway
19.4
4
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, FOUR, Oh dear! Once again, gets it close to the blockhole, he gets down low and loads up for a huge biff over midwicket and ends up getting a fat inside edge that skittled away to deep fine leg boundary, now the equation doesn't look so out of hand, Jamal should have fired it at middle or off, or the wide yorker
19.3
4
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, FOUR, Bustling in and bowls a good yorker dipping in at leg, gets enough on it to send it soaring away past backward square for a boundary, fortune favouring the batter on this occasion
19.2
2
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, 2 runs, Haring in and lands it on a hard length at off, he goes for a powerful hoick through the leg-side, fielder at deep midwicket charges in and reels a sharp throw at the keeper's end
19.1
2
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, 2 runs, Slung down full and just outside off, yanks his front leg out of the way and pushed it to Powell at wide long-on

Kings 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st61JM VinceTL Seifert
2nd1Shan MasoodTL Seifert
3rd6Shoaib MalikTL Seifert
4th49Shoaib MalikIrfan Khan
5th9KA PollardIrfan Khan
6th19Anwar AliIrfan Khan

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
MS1073141.15
PZ1063130.147
IU1054110.224
QG105411-0.921
KK10468-0.192
LQ10183-0.554